Exactly!
- ‘‘Kāma saññā‘ in the current life arises NOT via Paṭicca Samuppāda (PS) running in this life. Any human is born with ‘built-in kāma saññā.‘ Since Arahants were born human, they were born with the ‘kāma saññā,‘ and that DOES NOT disappear upon attaining Arahanthood. They are still living with that human body.
- Paṭicca Samuppāda (PS) operating in this life leads to ‘corresponding births’ (“paṭi+ichcha” leads to “sama+uppāda” ) in future lives with the corresponding (distorted) saññā. For example, most humans will be reborn in ‘kāma loka‘ with the ‘kāma saññā.‘ Those few who cultivate jhāna will be reborn in the ‘rupa loka‘ as a Brahma with a ‘jhānic saññā.’
- But the problem for those who value kāma saññā is that they may engage in dasa akualsa and are likely to be reborn as an animal or worse, i.e., in an apāya. See “Kusala/Akusala and Puñña/Apuñña Kamma.”
